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Jane Connell, Lucy’s Mame “Gooch,” Dies at 87
Jane Connell, the Broadway, stage, television and screen veteran, who is perhaps best-known for her many roles on the sitcom Bewitched and for co-starring in the 1974 movie Mame with Lucille Ball...
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Lucille Ball in Rare Hollywood Home Movies
This is the week for personal, not-your-usual glimpses into Lucille Ball’s life. First, I caught 1963′s Hollywood Without Make-Up on Turner Classic Movies, a fabulous film by Ken Murray that takes us...
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I Love Lucy Xmas Special to be Broadcast in Color!
The “I Love Lucy Christmas Special,” a one-hour special featuring two newly colorized back-to-back classic episodes of the classic series, will be broadcast Friday, Dec. 20 (8:00-9:00 p.m.) on CBS,...
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Printing Plate for Classic Lucy TV Guide Cover Surfaces
On my website/blog, there’s an email to get in touch with me (lucyfann@hotmail.com). It’s used mainly by Lucy fans and collectors with questions about memorabilia they own and what it might be worth....
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Shirley Mitchell, I Love Lucy’s Marion Strong, Dies at 94
Film and television comedian Shirley Mitchell has died of heart failure on November 11 at the age of 94. The Hollywood Reporter was notified of Mitchell’s death by her sister-in-law, Oscar nominee...
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Lucy Ricardo Got Pregnant 61 Years Ago — And Changed the Face of TV!
On December 8, 1952, 61 years ago, I Love Lucy aired the episode “Lucy is Enceinte,” in which Lucy Ricardo (Lucille Ball), after telling neighbor Ethel Mertz (Vivian Vance) that she’s going to have a...
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I Love Lucy Colorized Christmas Tops Ratings!
Ethel (Vivian Vance) and Lucy (Lucille Ball) celebrate Christmas… in color! Tomorrow, December 25, is Christmas, but there was an early present on television December 20 for all who love I Love Lucy...
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The TIME 100 Cover Controversy
If you know me, you know I’ll use any excuse to post an Al Hirschfeld drawing. In that spirit… One doesn’t often associate Lucille Ball with the Beatles, but in light of the 50th anniversary of the...
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MAME Premiered 40 Years Ago Today!
Forty years ago, on March 7, 1974, one of the last “big” movie musicals opened at New York’s Radio City Music Hall (I dragged my mom there so I could see it in one of the most magnificent theaters in...
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Sitcomboy.com: It’s been a great run!
Those of you who visit here after April 1st will notice that this blog does not appear anymore when you type in www.sitcomboy.com. After 20 years of hosting a web page devoted to Lucille Ball, the...
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